Hi REL Connectors, Inc.

Hi REL Connectors, Inc., headquartered in Claremont, California, manufactures highly reliable electrical connectors, cable assemblies, and interconnect components for defense and aerospace platforms as a prime contractor (91% of recent awards) and subcontractor. The company competes full-and-open across purchase orders and delivery orders, with no set-aside posture; two awards in the source carry Total Small Business designations, but the vendor's recurring footprint runs unset-aside.

Hi REL Connectors' federal work centers on the AIM-120 Advanced Medium-Range Air-to-Air Missile (AMRAAM) program and missile-test-and-reprogram support. Representative prime work includes a $741,737 delivery order from the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime for electrical connector plugs (issued January 31, 2023, under a $1,481,220 IDC for AMRAAM support), a $1,290,776.82 definitive contract from DLA Land and Maritime for connector plugs (July 8, 2022, completion June 7, 2024), and a $453,168 delivery order from Army Contracting Command Redstone Arsenal (April 8, 2023) for W-17 and W-83 cable assembly parts to test and reprogram AMRAAM at Letterkenny Army Depot. Current-year prime awards span electrical covers, dummy connectors, adapter connectors, protective caps, maintenance kits, and receptacles at firm fixed prices. The vendor also holds a newly awarded single-award IDC from Joint Munitions Command worth $933,826.60 (effective September 5, 2025, through August 24, 2030) for connector assemblies and complete connector components to support DoD munitions operations at Letterkenny Army Depot.

Customer concentration is heavy in defense logistics and Air Force sustainment. The top five funding agencies by award count represent 79% of awards: the Defense Logistics Agency Land and Maritime leads with 572 awards and $14.6 million combined potential value, followed by DLA Aviation (81 awards, $787 thousand), the Air Force (38 awards), AFLCMC Robins Air Force Base (32 awards, $1.4 million), and AFLCMC Eglin Air Force Base (28 awards). By potential value, the Air Force Materiel Command Air Force Sustainment Center anchors $21 million across 12 awards, while DLA Land and Maritime holds $14.6 million across 572 orders. The vendor serves 27 distinct agencies overall. Category concentration is sharp: 492 awards carry Electronic Connector Manufacturing (NAICS 335931), 105 carry Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing, and 63 carry Other Aircraft Parts and Auxiliary Equipment Manufacturing. PSC 5910 (Connectors, Electrical) dominates with 732 awards.

The vendor holds five named indefinite delivery contracts with Air Force and other defense agencies. The largest parent vehicles by task-order activity are Air Force IDC FA852015D0001 (5 task orders, $2.6 million combined potential value), FA852008D0004 (13 task orders, $1.9 million), FA852005D0001 (16 task orders, $434 thousand), FA852007D0009 (11 task orders, $477 thousand), and the newly awarded Joint Munitions Command IDC ($933,826.60 ceiling). The source also references historical single-award IDCs from DLA Land and Maritime: the $1,481,220 contract (completion January 29, 2024) and a $250,000 protective-cap-plugs vehicle (completion June 15, 2023), both exhausted or expired.

Activity has remained relatively stable across 2022–2026, averaging 37 awards per year (2022: 45, 2023: 33, 2024: 48, 2025: 47, 2026: 10 year-to-date). Combined potential value across all 953 awards (prime and sub) reaches $51.9 million, with $52.1 million obligated. Thirteen awards face ultimate completion within the next twenty-four months, carrying combined potential value of $1.3 million and representing modest recompete exposure.

In its subcontractor role, Hi REL Connectors supplies connector plugs, receptacles, circular connectors, cable and harness assemblies, and protective covers to Raytheon Company (AMRAAM production lots 34–37, AIM-9X lots 21–26, RAM GMRP MK 44 engines, and Bradley TOW engineering), Lockheed Martin Corporation (THAAD interceptor production, KSA THAAD Lot 1 shorting plugs and receptacles), Bell Textron Inc. (Future Vertical Lift FLRAA connector plugs), Northrop Grumman Systems Corp (BLU-138 fuze production, Common Munitions Built-in Test/Reprogramming Equipment), DRS Network & Imaging Systems LLC (thermal receiver units and control harness assemblies), and Moog Inc. (electrohydraulic actuator circular connectors). Recent sub awards span May 2026 (Raytheon FMS rectangular connector production) and November 2025 (Bell Textron FVL FLRAA connector plugs), indicating active engagement across multiple prime platforms.

The vendor's place of performance is Claremont, California for all manufacturing. Performance history spans from 1987 to present, with continuous federal work supporting critical defense missile systems, aircraft platforms, and munitions operations across DLA, Air Force, Army, and Navy customer bases.

ELECTRICAL CONNECTORS (HERMETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL) SELF-LOCKING, FILTERED (EMI & RFI), MICRO-D'S, BACKSHELLS, CONNECTOR ACCESSORIES, CABLES, CONTACTS & MACHINE PARTS